Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-29
GENERAL MARKETS.
Produce and Provisions.

NEW YORK. March IS -Flour-Steady, quiet,
but tot quOtebIy changed. Wheat-sp0t lots &c
and options 4Glc higher, closing steady; the
specula lon was more active; spot No 2 red,
9is.c elevator; 92c f. o. b.; 93c delivered;
Ma ch nominal 9IHc; April 9iH@91%c, clOsed
at 911Sc; Ma 9l246927 C, closed at 92]sc; dame
9l7sc closing at 90. COTn-Spot lots I35ac
and options &c hi her closing steady;
exp TT demand was light, and speculation was
quiet; spot No 2, 48Hc, elevator; 4SXc de;
lvercd; March nominal at 4S4cj April 4S%e;
julie 4S2sG49 and closing at ES1Sc |;
COtfee-Saies 1880 bags; spot, fair Rio
finn, 1514c; OrtiOns higher and N ore active;
Sl3 55al 60; June sig 55Gl3 60; July $l3 $50
IL 20: August Sl3 6O0l3 20; September $l3 IS
alb 49, Octob T $l3 7OGl3 so; Move Der Sl3 20
to good refining quoted at 1904 II Is; re-
fined quit. Molusses nominal Rice steady.
Polk dull; oil mess SIS 25615 rs; new mess
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 28-PrOduee
choice, So 9OG4 20, fancy, 81 1904 20 extra
fancy, 81 2004 40; Minnesota patent process
81 9O@5 20. Corn sc1rat ard firm; none il first
Ia nds; dealers are hOl icg mixed at 49c;.
yellow, G5)c; white, 52653c. Oats dull and
lower; 36]5 oslo. Cornmeai easier ut s. L.
Hay qui- but inn prime $l3 GUGl4 o; choice,
SIS C00l6 90. Hog p5OdpCts dull and dropping;
pork SIT 20 Tehned ti"rce lard, 81 %. Bulk
meats, shoulde en Sc GO; long clear and nd
long clear ami clear rib. So IS
Hams, SlI 5C0l2. Whisky steady, 81 1OaI 81.
CofeeooStrong and higher; Rio l32s0l5%c
steady; prime CruOe oil 29C; snmm y,E
low 351a G36c; cake and neal $40 OO6!6 IS.
Sugar moderately active and and higher;
fugals, off white 9-i6a5ac; choice
yellow clarified I6c; prime ye W clarified
BIC; seconds 4d47Sc. Molassos-Centritugal
lower grade have advanced; richly prime
to fancy, 2Sc; fair to good primo 22d25c. Ex-
change on New York 81 premium.
CHICAGO. ILL. rch 2S.-Wheat was quiet
but firm and little higher, closing H014c bet
ter thRu Oh Ssturday. Stiffness was produced
bN speculative inf ence and partly on account
of tone of cablegrams being less specific. There
was very little disp sition on the part Of local
traders to operate AID orders from outs ide
ere few The visible supply of last week was
le,senGd 56O,S90 bushels. AZ seven western
points receipts were 100000 and shiJments 25S-
to 81 and clos ID at 614 Corn quiet and steady,
and prices advanced shade: although eceipts
were large, offerings however were small, and
the strength IN wheat and provisions aided
corn bulls in advancing prices slightly. Pro
visions Ia mode rate demand ana a stronger
feeling prevailed, causing an advance In short
rip and lard Stocks were held, and parties
who had contra Is 10 fill were forced to bid
up, to get stuff. Leading futures closed;
v What No. 2; March Is SIS, May
July % Ice. Mess pork-Barch $40 so; May
SCI 90; June 81 90 Lard-March 81 40; May
81 IA; June 81 52Z. Short riDs-MaIch IS 05;
May S. 171z; June IS 221s Cash quotations
we're as >oilows: Flour unchanged. 30,
spring wheat 1910; No. 2 red 79340793sc; No.
corn 57's@37%c. Mess pork $50 25a2O 50.
LaGd 81 3507 42]5 Short RIB sides, loose.
IS O7h6S 10. Dry sailed shoulders, boxed,
Sc OO06 %. Short clear sides boxed $54OaS 81.
ST. LOUIS, MO, March 2S -FlOur-> teady
and unchanged Wheat-Cold, freezing wealth
er following rain started ceman from shorts
early in the day that ran prices up l35o; subse.
quently the,e was q dec Inc OF &c, but the
market firm most of the session, and prices
closed 'I61c above Saturday; No. red cash
9AGSO4 ; May and June 791aG6 &c, closing
at 6OAc; July 7S34 a 7S%c, closing at 7sssc bid.
COrn-Firm IL sympathy with wheat and closed
fraction better, but trading Ii hit;
April 35n 351ac; May 354c; June S6Ic;
July $500 Dat, = Dull but steady;
cash 2714 923c; May, 28]Ic bid. Cornmeal-Ac
tive al s. 90. Whisky-oteady at 81 H. Provl
s,ons-Firmer and in sympathy with o her
markets, but only j,53ing trade done. Pork
Irregular st Sll 20. Lard, s. % bid Dry salt
'oeat-BONed, shoulders, S. o.; long ce-r,
81 75G7 S7a short ribs IS co. short clear, IS %.
BacOn-Shoul0ers, SO 20; long clear and snort
ribs, S. so; short C ear. IS 6241 IS. Hams.
Sll SCALA 90. Afternoon board-Wheat, firm
and unc7anEed; corn, steady and unchanged
oats, nominal